Automobile-heater.



LELPETERS.

AUTOMOBILE HEATER. APPLICATION FILED NOV.15, 1911.

1,050,236. Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

' UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUNDY L. PETERS, OF TIRO, OHIO, ASSIGNOBL T0 JOSHUA CROUSE, OF BUCYRTUS,OHIO.

AUTOMOBILE-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 14:, 1913.

Application filed November 15, 1911. Serial No. 660,354.

To all whom it may concern.

Be itknown that'I, LUNDY L. Pn'rnns, a citizen of the United States,residin at Tiro, in the county of Crawford and tate of Ohio,-haveinvented certain new and use-- ful Improvements in Automobile-Heaters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the heating of an tomobiles and other vehiclesdriven by interna-ljcombustion .engines, and has for its objecttheprovision of a heater coil adapted tobe located in any desired positionin the vehicle, but preferably under the rear seat, said coil beingconnected with a valve-cas ing to which is also secured a pipe connectedwith the exhausts of the engine cylinders, and another pipe connectedwith a suitable mufiler, and said casing having an exhaust port in theside thereof communicating with the atmosphere and adapted to be usedwhen the engine is subject to heavy Mounted in the valve case is arevoluble valve piston that is operable by a suitable lever stationedconvenient to the occupants of the vehicle to connect the engineexhausts with the muffler, with. the heatercoil, or

- with said exhaust port.

- the mufi'ler in section. Fi

My invention will'be describedin detail hereinafter and illustrated onthe accompanying drawings in which? Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view ofan internal combustion engine exhaust-system showing my improvements inposition, Fig.

2, a plan view of the controller valve andits connections including theheater coil, and

Fig. 3, an end view of the heater and controller valve showing theexhaust pipe to 4 is a longitudinal sectional view throng the valve.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designatecorresponding parts in the several views.

As shown in Fig. 1 the heater is; connected with the exhaust system ofan internal combustion engine, and in said view the engine is indicatedat A and the muffler at B, these parts being of any conventional form.

1 indicates the exhaust pipe from the engine A, 2 a cylindrical valveeasing into which the pipe 1 empties, and 3 a pipe connecting the casing2 withmufiler B.

The heater consists of a coil 4. connected pipe connecting saidsignature in the at one end by means of a pipe 5 with cylindrical valvecasing 2 while its other end is connected by means of pipe 6with mufilerB.

7. indicates an exhaust port in the side of the casing.

The interior of the casing 2 is formed cylindrical, as shown, and has avalve piston 8 therein that is revolubly mounted in the casing y meansof trunnions 9 journaled in the ends of the casing.

Secured to one of the trunnions 9 is an arm 10, and 11 indicates a rodconnecting arm 10 with an operating lever 12 arranged for convenientoperation by the occupants of a vehicle in which my improvements may beinstalled. I have shown the lever 12 as a pedal or foot lever and preferthat it be arranged to be actuated by the driver of the vehicle, but itwill be apparent that a hand lever may be substituted if desired, andthe operatin mechanism arranged for operation by e passengers either bymeans of a hand or foot lever, or other mechanism, and I do nottherefore limit myself to the construction shown and described as it maybe altered without affecting the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is- In combination withthe exhaust system of an internal combustion engine compris mg anexhaust pipe and a Inufller,'a valve casing provided with a portcommunicating with the atmosphere said casing being connected With saldexhaust pipe, .a heater, a casing with said heater, a pipe connectingsaid heater with the muffier, a pipe connecting said casing with themufller, and a rotatable piston within said casing adapted to open andclose said atmospheric port, to govern either the port leading to theheater or the port leading to the mufiler while maintaining the atmospheric port closed, and also to proportion the flow between the heaterand the mufiler while maintaining the atmospheric port closed.

In testimony whereof 1 hereto aflix my presence of two witnesses. LUNDYL. PETERS. Witnesses: f

A. Q. DONNWORTH, A. W. KAUFMAN.

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